Mr. T is a character.Mr. T was always an act.Mr. T was not supposed to be a real person.... or LIKE a real person.He is a character... like Spiderman or Ichabod Crane or Condor Man.Dressing up as Mr. T for Halloween means nothing.It not at all the same thing as dressing up as Travon Martin... a private individual.The only people that have any business being upset about a Mr. T costume are the people who were already legitimately upset about the Mr. T character as played by Laurence Tureaud.In other words, the only people who have any business being upset by a Mr. T costume are humorless retards.I pity the fools.

Clearly his costume would have been more appropriate if the would have jut gone as a white dude with a Mohawk and chains. His costume would have sucked, but as least a few people in the community and on the internet wouldn't find insensitive.

WhyKnot:Clearly his costume would have been more appropriate if the would have jut gone as a white dude with a Mohawk and chains. His costume would have sucked, but as least a few people in the community and on the internet wouldn't find insensitive.

itsaidwhat:WhyKnot: Clearly his costume would have been more appropriate if the would have jut gone as a white dude with a Mohawk and chains. His costume would have sucked, but as least a few people in the community and on the internet wouldn't find insensitive.

WhyKnot:Clearly his costume would have been more appropriate if the would have jut gone as a white dude with a Mohawk and chains. His costume would have sucked, but as least a few people in the community and on the internet wouldn't find insensitive.

WhyKnot:Clearly his costume would have been more appropriate if the would have jut gone as a white dude with a Mohawk and chains. His costume would have sucked, but as least a few people in the community and on the internet wouldn't find insensitive.

The only real problem I see here is that the guy wasn't smart enough to realize that painting yourself black is almost never seen in a positive light and that someone at school would complain about it. It wasn't done to be offensive or malicious, but as someone in his position of authority, he's supposed to think about all the potential butthurt that could result from any given action he and others make. The smart thing would've been to go without black facepaint or to just choose another costume. It's unfortunate that even the non-maliciously intended costumes like this offend people, but it doesn't take a brain scientist to realize that if you're the vice-principal of a school it's probably not a good idea to paint yourself black as part of a costume, given that history almost solely associates this with blackface, which is considered to be racist and offensive.

That said, I think that they should just give him a warning to use better common sense in the future and let it go. This wasn't done with the intent to harm, but the guy should've known better.

If Mr. T was alive today, I'd like to think that he would have liked this costume. And I think that we all understand that this teacher was just trying to honor his memory. But the fact of the matter is that society is full of professional pearl-clutchers who are looking for any opportunity to take a dive on the nearest fainting couch. So even though most people probably view this costume as an homage to a departed friend, the reality is that this teacher probably should have known better.

Wow, I'm the other person who has seen this movie! One of the crappy non-big three network channels played it all the time on Sundays while I was growing up, good background TV while I was playing with Legos or G.I. Joes. As a kid without any real access to comic books, Condorman was essentially my first Batman.

Also, I agree with pretty much everyone else on this, it's not black-face, it's not racist but more a tribute, however he should've known better.

seventypercent:If Mr. T was alive today, I'd like to think that he would have liked this costume. And I think that we all understand that this teacher was just trying to honor his memory. But the fact of the matter is that society is full of professional pearl-clutchers who are looking for any opportunity to take a dive on the nearest fainting couch. So even though most people probably view this costume as an homage to a departed friend, the reality is that this teacher probably should have known better.

SirEattonHogg:seventypercent: If Mr. T was alive today, I'd like to think that he would have liked this costume.

Mr. T died? When was this?

Mr. T is dead. So is Barzini. Phillip Tattaglia. Moe Greene. Stracci. Cuneo. The heads of all the Five Families. Today I settled all family business so don't tell me that Mr. T is alive, because it insults my intelligence. Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

seventypercent:If Mr. T was alive today, I'd like to think that he would have liked this costume. And I think that we all understand that this teacher was just trying to honor his memory. But the fact of the matter is that society is full of professional pearl-clutchers who are looking for any opportunity to take a dive on the nearest fainting couch. So even though most people probably view this costume as an homage to a departed friend, the reality is that this teacher probably should have known better.

He's a prickly guy at times, and the signature haircut and chains both supposedly reference his African-American heritage, so I could see him maybe not looking on white-guy Mr T costumes very favorably.

skinink:I think the costume is funny. Can't see how he is trying to offend or racially stereotype by his actions. Not the smartest of costumes during this time of thin skinned people.

You don't understand! White people can only ever dress up as other white people. If they dress up as a member of some other culture, it's demeaning! It's racist! Forget about about "black face" and all that; just putting on the garb of another culture is racist. If you are white and dressing up as a specific member of a culture, even an antiquated one, you are a racist! Shame on you for being white!

Mr. T is dead. So is Barzini. Phillip Tattaglia. Moe Greene. Stracci. Cuneo. The heads of all the Five Families. Today I settled all family business so don't tell me that Mr. T is alive, because it insults my intelligence. Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

I know it was you, Seventypercent, you broke my heart. You broke my heart.

I have to side with the people who think that the real Mr. T would be amused by this. So they guy was too white and too "fool"ish to actually portray Mr. T. When you're the ultimate badass and someone dresses up like you for Halloween, and looks silly doing so, do you care that he's not appropriately pigmented as well? I wouldn't care. The ultimate badass doesn't need to care about this sort of thing, it's beneath his notice.

Say some poser dressed up as you, not mocking, but obviously because they thought you were cool, and you know you could kick their butt into next year, would you really be offended?

The only person's opinion that matters to me here is Mr.T's. If he says it was wrong, I will accept it, if he says it was OK all those who complained can go suck it. Met Mr. T once, he is pretty awesome. Also the opinions of people named Rad should never matter, especially this one after I read his linkedin, I nearly threw up from all the BS and buzzwords.

Peel County is a suburb of a suburb of a suburb of Toronto. These are people who always vote right wing because they're angry at having to spend 4 hours a day in traffic cos they're too dumb to live in the city they work in and are too crappy at their white collar jobs to be able to successfully find better employment closer to home.

Got to love any discussion involving race on Fark. Poor poor persecuted white men. When will they catch a break? They can't even wear blackface anymore without people pitching a fit. shiat is ridiculous. I thought this was America.

Iceberg659:Got to love any discussion involving race on Fark. Poor poor persecuted white men. When will they catch a break? They can't even wear blackface anymore without people pitching a fit. shiat is ridiculous. I thought this was America.

Yes, you could say that. Or you could learn what words mean before you use them. Nah, that's too hard. Blackface! Blackface everywhere!

Monkeyfark Ridiculous:Iceberg659: Got to love any discussion involving race on Fark. Poor poor persecuted white men. When will they catch a break? They can't even wear blackface anymore without people pitching a fit. shiat is ridiculous. I thought this was America.

Yes, you could say that. Or you could learn what words mean before you use them. Nah, that's too hard. Blackface! Blackface everywhere!

I got it. Only certain types of face paint to mimic a black person count as REAL blackface. Anything short of Al Jolson "Mammy" face is fair game and fark everyone that disagrees.

Iceberg659:Monkeyfark Ridiculous: Iceberg659: Got to love any discussion involving race on Fark. Poor poor persecuted white men. When will they catch a break? They can't even wear blackface anymore without people pitching a fit. shiat is ridiculous. I thought this was America.

Yes, you could say that. Or you could learn what words mean before you use them. Nah, that's too hard. Blackface! Blackface everywhere!

I got it. Only certain types of face paint to mimic a black person count as REAL blackface. Anything short of Al Jolson "Mammy" face is fair game and fark everyone that disagrees.